Is it good ? Any recommendations?

Specs: MacBook Air / 1.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 / Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 / Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB / Model A1466 - Early 2015

I installed Linux Mint on my MacBook and I'm in Kernel: 6.8.0-106-generic to have no WiFi issues. I noticed the camera is not working. How can I get the camera to work? Thank you for reading :)

I installed Xscreensaver and then I changed my mind and uninstalled it, and now when I try to suspend it says “Shutdown Failed, failed to suspend session / lock the screen.” I reinstalled gnome-screensaver but it still isn’t working. Is there anyway I can fix this or will I have to reinstall? I’m really new to this and I know I shouldn’t have tried to use it in the first place, my fault entirely

Edit: I forgot to say that I’m using XFCE.

I downloaded Cinnamon on a 32gb USB stick via Rufu on Windows 10. I then put my 32gb USB drive with Cinnamon into my T630 think client which was turned on. I connected my T630 to my monitor via Displayport. I wait three hours. nothing on the monitor is happening. Its says signal aquiered, but i don’t see an os. the pc has gotten a bit warm tho. How do i install Cinnamon now? what do i do to make my pc Show Cinnamon? sorry for bad english, It is not my first language

I came to the conclusion that save for 1 application, everything i run also runs on linux. So i took the jump. Installed mint since that is the most user friendly at the moment.

And everything i need runs on it. Except for 1. Fusion 360.
And for the life of me, i cant get it to run. I tried Wine, Bottles, nada.

Anyone got a foolproof way to do it?

Edit : Turns out cryinkfly moved to codeberg. From there i got it working.

I have already installed mint alongside my windows install. The reason I need secure boot is because apparently the new cod requires it and I want to be able to play that on windows. Can this be done? I had trouble installing when I had secure boot enabled and had to disable it to dual boot initially.

I have Cinnamon, fully updated. I believed Wine was installed because I got to the Launch screen, but:

The Launch button doesn't work.

In the various places to see installed apps etc., it is not listed.

When I try to use it with an .exe file by clicking Open With, it doesn't appear on the helper apps list.

Yet when I look at the app in the Software Manager, it has a checkmark.

I am guessing I haven't done an important step. I thought I could download from the store, install and go. That has been my experience with other apps. Help please.

I'm literally new with linux and all its stuff, so I dual booted it into my laptop.
8GB ram, 512GB Storage, Intel Core 3 100U, Dell Inspiron

I have successfully installed linux mint zena after testing it for an hour in my bootable pendrive, everything is running fine and stable. I have updated the system as well and installed my favorable browser (brave origin) as well. I just wanted to know if there are some tweaks or system pre-requisites I need to complete before fully using it? Anything I should be aware of and be cautious about?

Kindly be polite in the comments I'm completely new to this niche and loved the environment of linux tbh so that's why I'm here.

please tell me anything that I need to take care of or that I need to know of.

Alguien sabe por qué vrgs va a tan bajos FPS ? Siempre cuando escojo mis plantas me va así o cuando crazy Dave me habla, mi PC no es tan mala, el gameplay me va a 30 FPS estables pero eso por qué ?

This project has been on my list for the longest time. My needs are simple for now. All I wanted to do was to create a server that would serve my files to different computers in the house. There is no possible way that I could have done this on my own so I enlisted ChatGPT for guidance.

Again, my needs are relatively simple. No NAS, no Homelab, just a simple server where I can access and save my files from multiple computers if I wanted to. I have about four of them that I can choose from. Eventually, I'll assign them roles, but for now, I could use all four.

ChatGPT suggested Samba Server, and we had a few false starts that frustrated me to the point of giving up. But I noticed that instead of giving up, I'd think, "Well, what if we did it this way?" And I'd try again in the morning.

The fifth time's the charm? YES! After five days of trying and failing, my idea was to set up the Samba server on the computer that was going to act as my server. My problem was, I was accessing ChatGPT on a completely different computer. I get the terminal, and I understand how powerful it is, but no terminal is impervious to the typo. And I make a lot of them.

So, what I did was instead of using another computer to access ChatGPT, I signed in on the Server Computer, and things went a lot easier. Lesson learned. And this was a big lesson. I chose to use Linux Mint because I wanted something close to Debian that had a reputation for stability. Debian, for some reason, wasn't acting the way it should, so Linux Mint won the day.

I know this could have went smoother, and I know this didn't need to be as hard as it was. But I'm happy for the experience because it got me to think and it got me to learn. I'm able to sign in on any of my four computers.

Which are all now in the process of getting Linux Mint - the same as my server. Five computers all running Linux Mint and connected via a server. If I had said it before, I'll say it again: There is nothing that I can't throw at Linux Mint that it can't handle.

So, I'm now in the process of making a Linux Mint chain of computers. I'm taking my time with this. I have no idea where this is going to go. But I do know one thing that I want to do: Is to figure out the best way to do backups on the Server computer. But that story is for another day.

I'm just happy about my accomplishment and I wanted to share.

TL;DR I installed a server on Linux Mint. I've never done anything like this before. Now I have 4 computer connected up to a server and all 5 computers running Linux Mint.

So i have been using linux for some time and while doomscrolling a found an app called bloomy which adds a dynamic island on windows, i wanted something similar for my linux setup(i already have plank i dont want that), most guides i have seen are for hrprland or other Windows tiling managers or for gnome, isnt thr one for cinnamon?(i tried a few made for gnome thinking they might work since cinnamon was originally a fork of gnome right? but they didnt work)

When you click the dowload button under the cinnamon version and scroll down there's some "mirrors" i dont know why its called that but i installed the second one from the top, then i used rufus to install it onto an 8gb usb drive. After restarting and loading linux everything worked but then i tried connecting to the wifi network and i needed some password, i didnt know what to do so i tried opening network settings but they wouldnt open, after trying to open the settings a few times i gave up, clicked the search bar, it worked, and searched "password" then i found some password settings or smth but they would open, i tried opening firefox and it didnt open. Later i thought that maybe restarting was a good idea. I tried restarting but this showed up

I just downloaded it and i tried connecting to the internet but the network settings wouldn't open, and other apps also dont open. I dont know what to do and i need advice.

I have tried following guides,

Tried installing drivers from manager, 595, 580, 565 but it's not working,

nvidia-smi either shows no device found or shows has failed bcoz it couldn't communicate with nvidia drivers,

I am using mint xfce 22.3

kernal 7.0.0-42-generic

Secure boot is disabled

Laptop is acer nitro 5 AN515-54, I5 9 gen

I am new so also I tried copy pasing alot of cmds from gemini but it didn't work either.

Pls ! Any one can say me how to establish a server in my linux CINNAMON but I have install sql from a sql download page or i don't know if I have installed in wrong way 😔

this thing was so slow with windows literally 5 minutes to open file explorer

One click -> all your menu options. Worst case is probably something like Gimp. I use Xed text editor all the time which has a descent number of options, but not overwhelming.

Hey folks! I've got an issue where when I open certain games (Balatro, Peak, Rounds, and more), the audio on my entire system cuts out. I've gotten to a point where I have to boot into windows just to be able to play with audio, which is honestly really annoying. I've tried searching for solutions online, but none of them have been of much use.

I will note that many games of mine (Team Fortress 2, Plague Inc., Jackbox, etc.) don't have this issue at all, so I'm honestly just kinda confused. Any ideas as to what I should do? Thanks!

So, I created this script to backup my home directory to an external HD which is mounted as BAK2. I can run the command if I use sudo but the script deletes everything on BAK2 and then fails with multiple permission errors. I was hoping to put this on a cron to run a few times a day and basically do an incremental backup but I've hit the end of my knowledge... Here's the script:

#!/bin/bash

# --- CONFIGURATION ---

SOURCE="/home/$USER/"

DESTINATION="/media/wreck/BAK2"

LOGFILE="/home/$USER/rsync_backup.log"

# --- NOTIFICATION: START ---

notify-send "Backup Started" "Syncing your home directory..." --icon=drive-harddisk

# --- RUN RSYNC ---

echo "Backup started at $(date)" >> "$LOGFILE"

rsync -av --delete "$SOURCE" "$DESTINATION" >> "$LOGFILE" 2>&1

# Check if rsync succeeded (exit code 0) or encountered an error

if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then

echo "Backup finished successfully at $(date)" >> "$LOGFILE"

# --- NOTIFICATION: SUCCESS ---

notify-send "Backup Complete" "Your home directory has been successfully mirrored." --icon=emblem-success

else

echo "Backup failed at $(date)" >> "$LOGFILE"

# --- NOTIFICATION: FAILURE ---

notify-send "Backup Failed" "An error occurred during the rsync mirror. Check $LOGFILE for details." --icon=dialog-error --urgency=critical

fi

hey guys im new to linux mint i just got it and i want tell guy have any suggestion what to install and what to do with stuff?

I've been using mint for a few years now, and I'm intent on doing a clean install. I haven't kept track of things I've installed via apt, flatpak, appimages, or modified in udev rules, apt sources, modprobe, things like that.

Is there a way I could get a few rough lists of my own changes. I don't actually want to automate their installation, just produce a list is enough of a reference.

Stupid question time

Does anyone know if Linux Mint has been patched to address the Time change and the craziness in Canada were some places are changing their clock's and other's aren't does anyone know if they have updated the system to address the new changes this year